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Altar Cloth2787/13

Ceremonial altar cloth in shades of brown and copper-gold. Black cotton warp, bronze metallic filament weft. Continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft with silk single filament yarn. Adat house motif, with buffalo heads.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, copper metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder Cloth2787/11

Shoulder cloth (selendang) of songket brocade. Hand loomed purple cotton cloth with continuous supplementary weft of silver wrapped cotton yarn creating rows of intricate floral motifs. Long fringe at both ends, one of which is finished off with a solid woven band of green.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, silver metal and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial cloth2787/9

Ceremonial cloth in of songket brocade. Warp is red cotton, weft is purple silk, and the continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft is gold wrapped cotton thread. The centre motif of a traditional adat house is flanked by four karabau, or buffalo heads. The framing border of alternating gold filled squares and purple squares with crosses is thicker at the corners.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, gold metal and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SarongIb423

Sarong of heavy cotton woven cloth in rectangular shape formed by two pieces sewn together. Striped with supplementary weft with red and brown silk on the weft. Decorated with gold thread in bird, fish, and abstract motifs in between supplementary vertical stripes on the blue cloth. Two multicoloured bands at each end. One end has gold couching with red thread. Embellished with sequins. One edge is unfinished.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, paper, metal, synthetic fibre, rayon fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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